Armenian police follows up violation reports in municipal council
voting in Yerevan
YEREVAN, May 31. /ARKA/. Armenian Police follows up the reported
violation cases in the municipal council voting in Yerevan. The cases
are under control of the Police; circumstances are being established,
say the police report.
The outcome of consideration of the complaints will be reported later.
The Oppositional Armenian National Congress reports numerous cases of
violations in the municipal council vote in Yerevan. The Congress
recorded 30 violations in the election process by 12:15 local time.
City Council elections are held in Yerevan today with 771,500 citizens
having the right to vote.
This is the first City Council elections in the history of Yerevan.
Under the new law about local government of Yerevan, the City Council
is to have 65 members. Number one in the list of the party that gained
absolute majority in the council automatically becomes Mayor of Yerevan.
Party-ticket voting is to be used for the election of the Municipal
Council. Six political parties participate in the election - 3
coalitional parties (Republican Party of Armenia, Prospering Armenia
and Orinats Yerkir), Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutiun,
People's Party and Labor Socialist Party of Armenia and one political
block ` oppositional Armenian National Congress. `0'
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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